Of the mentioned, the Mexican War, fought between 1846 and 1848, was the most important, though all three played a part, in the fulfilling of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny, or the "belief that the United States had the right and the duty to expand to the Pacific" (Davidson 774), was also the main cause for all three events. However, as with all wars, there were many different causes of the Mexican War. ... Although people used Manifest Destiny as a justification for the Mexican War, there is no such thing as a justifiable war. It is not possible to justify an event in which people are t...

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Once the U.S. annexed Texas, Mexico declared war on the United States, and Kearny's Army was sent out with the orders to occupy Mexican territories. ... " While fulfilling America's "destiny", the newly acquired territories caused many disputes, which ultimately contributed to setting the stage for the Civil War. ... Each chapter was intriguing and always involved some excitement or important historical event that took place. Groom's bias/prejudice was that he told the stories and events from an American pro-manifest destiny view. ... While Groom may have been b...

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The accounts have several important similarities. ... The General History of Virginia, is a history of the settling of Jamestown, Virginia, while Of Plymouth Plantation, is a chronicle of the events that occurred in settling Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Both of these first-hand accounts relate historical events from the perspective of a colonial leader. ... Equally important is the contradictory motives for the settlement of the two colonies. ... In my final analysis, I would say they have more important and contrasting differences. ...

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"Dances with Wolves" is a movie that takes place in the western United States during the Civil War era. ... Some of the event can be seen realistically, like the American attack near the end of the movie. ... Many more important factors to consider when making a historical movie are setting, details, and design. ... Some important values portrayed in this movie were peace, cooperation, and respect. ... Respect for others is an important lesson to be learned from this film. ...

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Irving was called the literary vagabond in England, Holland, France and Italy and frequently wrote using the creative tools of fiction to comment on historical background and events of American history. ... The story makes several references of pre and post situations of the American Revolutionary War. ... (P.382) Ironically, the American Independence, one of the most important historical events of America did not affect Rip that much. ... (P.282) Therefore, his awakening to a new world suggests the new conditions of the US after the war. ... Connections made to historical events are...

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Although the primary source only presents one point of view of a situation; the opposing sides belief is equally important. ... After further examination of the recorded events; you can easily conclude that the Native American's behaviors were clearly an act of their culture or retaliation. Furthermore, the primary source's bias description of an event will often lead to other misunderstandings of a situation. ... The Native Americans saw this as an act of war and it brought about further conflict between Indians and English settlers especially for John Smith.. ....

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American Revolution Essay: Question One The American Revolution was truly a huge historical event, but few people know what ended it all. The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War but it took quite awhile to come about. ... The terms were first and most importantly, the British acknowledged the United States as a free and independent nation. ... I think the most important term of the Treaty of Paris is the acknowledgment of independence of the United States. ...

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The American Revolution in 1776 was not a first war in America that fought for freedom, but before the American Revolution, there was another revolutionary war that fought for the same reasons. People seem to be forgetting and not realize that we did have a revolutionary war before the American Revolution in 1776. People think it was not important in the American history because this event was not important and not recognize according to historians. However, this war was very important to the Native American because it was a bloody war that the Native American rebelled against the Spanish&...

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These Jacksonian democrats were involved in many events occurred in this time period that contradicted their opinion, such as issues dealing An immense issue concerning the nation was the control and stability of the national bank. ... Jackson found that The Constitution testifies that the government should be in the hands of the people, and the national bank was an important figure of he government. ... This eventually caused the "Bank War". ... Continuing conflicts between the Jacksonians and the Native Americans continued with the Black Hawk war, which, again, Jackson and his followers fl...

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The discovery of America has countless stories behind the event that has shaped America into what it is today. ... However, Ericson did not stay due to the Native Americans and the constant war he was at with them, which caused him to lose his brother. ... Not only did Columbus and his men destroy the forest that served as an important factor to the Indians and their survival and poison their water supplies, later settlers killed off almost all of the buffalo that the Indians depended on for food and other necessities they required to survive. ... Though these were dark times, the founding of ...

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They worried that the Federalists' ultimate goal was to centralize power in the national government and involve the United States in the European war on the side of Britain. ... Some say the most important events in Jefferson's presidency were the addition of the lands west of the Mississippi River. ...

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There were many people and events that changed the west but three main ideas that I"d like to mention which influenced the West's development are miners, cattlemen and farmers. ... These miners and their job played important roles in the development of the west. ... Mining the gold also helped with the new means of transportation, such as the railroad and it also helped fund the Civil War. ...

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